Sectarianism
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 06:18
The U.N. warned on Sunday against retaliatory attacks in Iraq after two blasts killed 73 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad, a day after a Sunni mosque bombing.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 07:47
But what is happening now, villagers say, is worse — what one Western diplomat described in an interview as “Balkans-style ethnic cleansing.”
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 13:39
Dozens of people have been killed in attacks in Iraq, with seven bombs exploding in Baghdad and attacks killing many in Mosul and Fallujah.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:24
But in Minya, the provincial capital, the situation is so starkly inverted that a visitor might almost think that Mr. Morsi was still president of Egypt.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:06
An al-Qaida-linked rebel group says it killed at least 30 members of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect during an attack on three villages in central Syria last week.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:42
The security forces arrested dozens of people who were allegedly involved in storming and burning homes of Coptic Christians, a monastery, a Christian archaeological site and a police station, security sources said.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:35
The recommendations are aimed at not only preventing any “terror-related activities, but also to shut down Hezbollah’s sources of financing..”
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:53
But a new round of protests set off by the death of a man in a tense border region with Syria appears more complex, sectarian and volatile.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 06:43
As the security situation in the Central African Republic continues to deteriorate, a new unsettling rivalry between Muslim and Christian communities has started to take hold.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:41
Iraq’s most senior Sunni politician cautioned against possible US-led strikes against Syria on Sunday, warning they would “ignite a fire” in the Middle East that could spread across the region.